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hobo123

Women, who first check out your... phone? I honestly can't (and don't) believe that's a thing.

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There are so many examples of this yet I get gaslit about this not existing everytime I bring it up on HN:

https://www.npr.org/2024/03/28/1241473453/why-green-text-bub...

https://leafandcore.com/2019/08/24/green-bubbles-are-a-turn-...

https://mindingthecampus.org/2025/05/01/30876/

https://blog.seeking.com/the-green-bubble-deal-breaker

https://gizmodo.com/im-buying-an-iphone-because-im-ashamed-o...

https://thetab.com/2026/02/27/expert-reveals-shocking-reason...

Some people sure, but its hardly universal if you go and talk to people about it

Wow, must be a US bubble. I've never heard of this in Germany, and I'd say iPhone vs Android seems to be more of a gender thing over here (although plenty of counterexamples as well).

I went on a date with a woman in Romania. During the date she commented that my phone wasn't an iPhone but that I had a fancy Sony mirrorless camera (as I was a tourist) so that made up for it.

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